Toy pistol.



G. C. LASARES.

TOY PISTOL.

APPLIoATIoN FILED SEPT. s, 1912.

1,080,701 Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. LASARES, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORDF ONE-HALF TO LEONARD E. WHITE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOY PISTOL.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

Application filed September 6, 1912. Serial No. 718,880.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known t-hat I, GEORGE C. LAsARns, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates to improvements in toy pist-01s of the'type shown and described in the patent to Lucian Hill #420,068 dated January 28, 1890, in which a thin elastic steel member is adapted to be crimped or bent in opposit-e directions for the purpose of causing the projectile to be forcibly driven from the barrel.

The present invention differs from that described in the above mentioned patent by forming the barrel member with a magazine or receptacle portion for receiving a large number of the projectiles. The interior surface of this magazine or chamber being such that the projectiles will always roll to the lowest point, the lower prtion of t-he receptacle having a throat opening to permit the lowermost projectile to drop into the bore of the barrel, whereby when the elastic member is bent or snapped against the end of this projectile it will be expelled from the barrel.

The invent-ion further consists in the use of a retaining or stop device to prevent the lowermost projectile from dropping out of the barrel when the pistol is held in a vertical position with the muzzle end of the bar rel downward. The stop device is of such material that it does not prevent this projectile from leaving the barrel at its normal speed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of the invention showing in dotted lines the bore of the barrel and the magazine portion in the inner end thereof, and also the stop device. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View on the line 2 2 of Fig. l clearly showing the stop or elastic device to prevent the lowermost project-ile from sliding out of the barrel when the pistol is held in the vert-ical position, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the plane of line 3 3 of Fig. 2. This view shows the shape of the walls of the magazine for receiving the projectiles and with the lowermost projectile held in position by means of the elastic stop device.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a designates the barrel member of the pistol, b the handle or stock member which is rigidly secured to the barrel member by means of the screws c. Located between the barrel L and t-he stock Z) is an elastic member d consisting of thin spring steel that is rigidly clamped in place by means of the screw c. Attached to the lower end of the elastic member d is a trigger c to enable the operator to crimp or bend the elastic member in opposite directions. This member, it will be noticed, lies across the rear end of the bore f, so that when the trigger e is actuated, the lowermost projectile will be expelled from the barrel of the pistol.

designates a magazine or chamber formed in the rear end of the barrel member a to receive the cylindrical shaped projectiles lz, as shown in Fig. 3. It should be particularly noticed that the walls of t-he magazine are oppositely curved as shown at z' so that the projectiles h will readily roll down to the lowermost portion of the magazine chamber, and permit the lower project-ile to pass to the throat opening y' and into the bore f of the pistol after the lowermost projectile has been expelled by the elastic member d, the projectile next above will automatically pass through the throat opening into the bore f as shown in Fig. 3.

In order to prevent the lowermost projectile h1 from leaving the bore f of the pistol when the same is held with the muzzle end downward, a strip of rubber or other fiexible material c is secured to the forward end portion of the magazine g with its lower or depending portion cl extending into and partially across the bore f. This guard or stop portion lc is made thin enough so as not to prevent the expulsion of the lowermost projectile h1 at its normal speed by means of the member d and at the same time hold this projectile back in place when the pistol is held in the vertical position.

In constructing the barrel a with the bore f and magazine-chamber g, the outer surface of the barrel is first turned to the correct size, next the barrel is held in a suitable chuck or clamp, when the bore f is formed concentric with the axis; the last step consists in boring or drilling the magazinechamber g; the size of this chamber being such that the curved sizes i of the Same pass through the axis of the barrel, whereby the throat opening j is formed and the top-part of this chamber is open for the insertion of the projectiles. The magazine-chamber is therefore eccentric to the axis of the barrel and located entirely within the outer surface of the barrel.

From this construction it will be seen that the above invention comprises a magazine pistol with a receptacle that readily or automatically permits the lowermost projectile to roll downward on the curved walls z' into the bore f of the barrel, and also at the same time this lowermost projectile is held in place by means of the flexible strip c until the operator wishes to expel or lire this lowermost projectile.

What I claim, is

l. In a toy pistol, the combination with the barrel member which is formed with a magazine or receptacle chamber at its rear end portion to receive cylindrical-shaped projectiles, the walls of the magazine being curved and passing through the axis of the barrel-member and eccentric to the axis of the barrel to permit the projectiles to roll downward thereon toward each other and transverse to the axis, the barrel being formed with a concentric bore therethrough and in communication with the magazine, an elastic strip member secured to the forward end of the magazine and extending into the bore of the barrel, whereby the lowermost projectile is prevented from falling from the barrel when the pistol is held with the muzzle of the barrel downward, and means for expelling said lowermost projectile, as described.

2. In a magazine toy pistol of the type described, the combination with a barrel member' formed with a bore therethrough, a stock secured to the barrel member, an elastic projectile-expelling member located between the barrel and stock to expel the projectile from the barrel member, said barrel member being formed with a magazine or receptacle chamber to receive a large number of cylindricalshaped projectiles, the walls of which chamber are oppositely curved to permit the projectiles to automatically roll to the lowermost position, a stop device extending partially across the bore of the barrel member and designed to retain the lowermost projectile in place until fired or driven through the barrel by means of the elastic member.

GEORGE C. LASARE S.

Witnesses:

FRANKLIN G. NEAL, HARRY W. BOWEN.

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Washington, D. C. 

